THE PARROTS’
PROJECT
First draft · auto-matched · needs review

Taxon network Node size = number of sources. Lines join species studied together in 2+ focused sources (5 or fewer species; checklists left out).

Diet evidence

Where the literature is, and where it isn’t

Sources per taxon and topic. Topics are assigned by keywords in titles and abstracts, so a source can have several. Empty cells are candidate gaps; click any cell to list its sources below.

Sources

Click a row to open it in the graph; use the Check links to read the source itself. The general parrot scope lists parrot sources that name none of these taxa in their title or abstract, so their full text may still hold records. Sources whose title centers on one other parrot are listed separately as lower priority. “Medium” confidence means the match came from an abbreviated name such as C. alba, or from a common name that older sources used for another species.

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How this was built

  • Input: a CSL JSON export from The Parrots’ Project Zotero library. The export carries titles, abstracts, authors, venues and dates but not Zotero tags or notes.
  • Taxa were matched by current and historical scientific names, abbreviated binomials (counted only when the record also names the group), trinomials, and English and aviculture common names, in titles and abstracts. Matches that rest on an abbreviation or an ambiguous name are marked medium.
  • Literature type comes from each item’s Zotero item type and its journal or magazine name, using an editable rules file. Grey literature here means material produced outside formal peer-reviewed or commercial publishing: avicultural and hobby periodicals, birding and society bulletins, reports and agency documents, theses, conference papers, web pages and media, and unpublished material or personal communications. Journal articles are presumed peer-reviewed unless their venue is listed as a bulletin or hobby periodical; hover a label to see the rule that set it.
  • Sources that mention the group only in general link to the group, not to a taxon.
  • Parrot sources that name none of these taxa in their title or abstract are listed separately for checking, each with a DOI, web, Zotero or Google Scholar link. Record the outcome as a Zotero tag; a Zotero CSV export carries tags, so the next build can read them.
  • Topics and context (wild, captive, feral) come from keyword rules and are starting points for review, not classifications. Sources without abstracts can only match on their titles, so older literature is undercounted.